DLL file missing

hi,
I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".
I thought it may have been due to the original instal of o/s as it was done
using only .cab files, thought that perhaps there were some files that
needed
digging out manually, but there is nothing on the c/d that relates to this
file.

Any ideas ?

...Rex..

I think the best way to explain this error message is to list an example and
then walk you through the troubleshooting logic I'd use.**Example**: The
LOADWC.EXE file is linked to missing export SHLWAPI.DLL:wnsprintfA

File one is expecting file number two to be able to do something which it
cannot do. This generally means the second file was replaced with an older
version which doesn't contain the functionality that first file was
expecting to find. There's a possibility file number two is corrupt or
missing but most likely an older version file is the cause. In either case,
replace *your* file two with a current (or more current) version. For help
finding a replacement file, go here and do a search:
http://support.microsoft.com/service...on/dllinfo.asp

Do a search on *your* file two and be sure to include the file extension
(.dll). Once the results appear, locate the version of file two that your
PC is using and work up the list. When you click on the more information
link, you will find what product(s) that version of the .dll is contained
in. This may give you a clue as to what version of the file should be
there. For example, you have version 5.0.2614.3500 of the shlwapi.dll on
file and by checking the list of files, you find this version comes with
W98SE. Going up the list, you find version 5.50.4134.600 is contained in IE
5.50. If you had updated your browser to IE5.5, there's the problem--the
correct version of shlwapi.dll got overwritten by the copy with comes with
W98SE.

Finally, the troubleshooting information above centers on file two since it
should most likely be the source of the problem; however, file one could be
an incorrect version or it might be corrupt.

--
Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Rex" wrote in message
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hi,
I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".
I thought it may have been due to the original instal of o/s as it was
done
using only .cab files, thought that perhaps there were some files that
needed
digging out manually, but there is nothing on the c/d that relates to this
file.

Any ideas ?

..Rex..

"Rex" wrote in message
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I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".

The fault more probably lies in SNOWBALLRUN which
(if poorly programmed) may have overwritten one of the
MS DDRAW files with a wrong version.

The simplest solution may be
/ start / run / SFC.EXE = System File Checker
set to review
c:\windows\system\DDRAW*.*
There should be three DLL files and one VXD.
In a standard setup SFC can prompt you to
restore these from your Win98 installation disk.

If you want to try this method first copy
c:\windows\system\DDRAW*.*
to another folder on the hard drive. Then if you
overwrite these files and later regret it you can
recopy the file versions you had earlier.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

"Rex" wrote in
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hi,
I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".
I thought it may have been due to the original instal of o/s as it was
done using only .cab files, thought that perhaps there were some files
that needed
digging out manually, but there is nothing on the c/d that relates to
this file.

Any ideas ?

..Rex..




You'll have to install at least DirectX 7.

Makes no sense whatsoever, Don. Why would a game installation install DLLs
with which it's incompatible? More likely, if the game did overwrite DLLs,
it would affect *other* programs, not itself.

No, the most likely problem is that the game requires a more modern version
of DirectX than that which is installed, or some *other* program overwrote
related files with earlier versions.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User

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I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".

The fault more probably lies in SNOWBALLRUN which
(if poorly programmed) may have overwritten one of the
MS DDRAW files with a wrong version.

The simplest solution may be
/ start / run / SFC.EXE = System File Checker
set to review
c:\windows\system\DDRAW*.*
There should be three DLL files and one VXD.
In a standard setup SFC can prompt you to
restore these from your Win98 installation disk.

If you want to try this method first copy
c:\windows\system\DDRAW*.*
to another folder on the hard drive. Then if you
overwrite these files and later regret it you can
recopy the file versions you had earlier.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Hi, plz excuse late get-back. All replies have been greatly appreciated.
I finally got around to checking the DirectX version and it is 6.1, perhaps
this is the place to start.
I have xp on my computer, can I copy the DirectX from that and place it
on the other one? Or is it an Instal issue requiring a '.exe' and registry
adjustment only done via an Instal?

If not, what is the best way to grab a better version, I have heard some
hardship tales regarding updating Dx.

...Rex..


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"Rex" wrote in
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hi,
I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".
I thought it may have been due to the original instal of o/s as it was
done using only .cab files, thought that perhaps there were some files
that needed
digging out manually, but there is nothing on the c/d that relates to
this file.

Any ideas ?

..Rex..




You'll have to install at least DirectX 7.

"Rex" wrote in
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"Ingeborg" wrote in message
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"Rex" wrote in
:

hi,
I am loading a game for a friends child, OS is win98se.
After loading/installing, we click on the exe and get this message;
"snowballrun.exe file is linked to missing export
DDRAW.DLLirectDrawCreateEx".
I thought it may have been due to the original instal of o/s as it
was done using only .cab files, thought that perhaps there were
some files that needed
digging out manually, but there is nothing on the c/d that relates
to this file.

Any ideas ?

..Rex..




You'll have to install at least DirectX 7.

Hi, plz excuse late get-back. All replies have been greatly
appreciated. I finally got around to checking the DirectX version and
it is 6.1, perhaps this is the place to start.
I have xp on my computer, can I copy the DirectX from that and place
it on the other one? Or is it an Instal issue requiring a '.exe' and
registry adjustment only done via an Instal?

If not, what is the best way to grab a better version, I have heard
some hardship tales regarding updating Dx.

..Rex..


You can't just copy the files from another machine, you'll have to
install. Check the game's requirements to decide which one you need. You
can download it at www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=directx, or when
you want the latest, at www.microsoft.com/downloads. There a big jump
in size between V7 and V8, so when you don't need V8+, you'd better get
V7.